High Court Bar Association, while condemning the killing of 20-year-old Basit Ahmad Ahangar of Vesu, Qazigund, appealed to the international community to take notice of the atrocities in Kashmir and urge India to respect the human rights of the Kashmiri people.
According to KMS , the HCBA in a written statement issued by the bar opposed the clearance given by the Indian government for use of Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide (PAVA) shells for controlling the crowd in Kashmir. The bar association said that the PAVA shells, a chili-based ammunition, is more lethal than pellets, as it immobilises the target temporarily, which can cause instantaneous death of the victim and will affect the other people also adversely, who have breathing and other problems, the association said.
Condemning the killing of Basit, the spokesman said, “He suffered multiple pellet injuries in his legs and a head wound, after the forces first hit his legs with pellets and thereafter caught hold of him and pushed him from the embankment of the river, resulting in head injuries to him.
The bar also asked the human rights organizations of the world to take note of firing of pellets by forces on four-year-old Barena in her left eye and her 8 years old brother, Zaffar on his chest and abdomen.